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Cambodia's Independance
On this date Cambodia was granted independance from France -
Sihanouk becomes Prime Minister
Sihanouk backes down and gives his father the throne so he came become Prime Minister -
Sihanouk's Father Dies
Sihanouk's father died of this date and Sihanouk becomes Head of State -
Sihanouk lets NV set up camp in Cambodia
on this date, Sihanouk allows North Vietnamese troops to set up bases in Cambodia -
Prime Minister overthrows Sihanouk
On this day Lon Nol overthrows Sihanouk and sends the army to fight the North Vietnamese that have settled in cambodia -
Lon Nol is Overthrown
Lon Nol gets overthrown while the Khmer Rouge occupy Phnom Pehn and the country gets renamed Kampuchea -
Pol Pot becomes Prime Minister
The country is re-named Democratic Kampuchea, Sihanouk voluntarilly leaves his position, Khieu Samphan becomes head of state, and Pol Pot becomes the new Prime Minister -
The Vietnamese take Phnom Penh
The Vietnamese take Phnom Penh and Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge flee to the border of Thailand, the People's Republic of Kampuchea is established and many things that were destroyed by the Khmer Rouge was "rebuilt" -
Sihanouk's Death
Norodom Sihanouk died on this day